> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hampton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: a POSIX question
>
>
>         I have created some subdirectories under /tmp. When I
> tried to rmdir
> those directories, I get a "permission denied" message. What
> am I doing
> wrong?

Some things to check:

        ls -ld /tmp /tmp/*

Does /tmp have rwxrwxrwx (i.e. chmod 777) permissions?

Are you logged on as the owning user of the subdirectories?

Are you current on patches?  There's an old bug where an rm -fR will fail to
completely purge a directory tree and end up leaving the file open count
bogusly non-zero.  You will have to reboot your machine to clear the open
counts.  The :PURGEDIR ;TREE command doesn't suffer from this bug.

The patch ID that fixes this problem no longer resides in my brain.
However, it should be found in the HP3000-L archives, or the HPRC should be
able to assist you.

- Mark B.